2017 VOTERS' GUIDE: Faces of the Ward 6 Salem City Council race

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Oct 10, 2017 at 11:32 PMOct 12, 2017 at 7:00 PM

By William J. Dowd / wdowd@wickedlocal.com

With the Sept. 12 preliminary election settled, heads are now turning to the Nov. 7 municipal election.

On that day, polls open at 7 a.m. and close at 8 p.m. For the Ward 1 race, the Salem Gazette sent Ward 6 Councilor candidates: incumbent Beth Gerard and her challenger, Nadine Nastasi-Hanscom questions for its 2017 Voters’ Guide. Their answers to the newspaper’s questions, both biographical and issue-based, can be found below. (Clicking on each candidate’s name will take readers to responses in a new webpage.)

Nadine Nastasi-Hanscom

Beth Gerard (Incumbent)

The last day to register for the Nov. 7 municipal election is Wednesday, Oct. 18. And Ward 2 Precincts 1 and 2 voters cast ballots in a new polling location: Inside the main hall of St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, 24 St. Peter’s St. The City Council unanimously voted in a special meeting July 31 for the relocation as a result of the closure of their old polling place: St. John’s the Baptist Catholic Church.